Panty girdle

ABSTRACT

Panty girdle having a waistband attached to a double-fabric strip of reinforced-elastic cloth over the sacrolumbar portion of a female figure and provided with vertical seams at the front and back in the longitudinal plane of symmetry. In the front the strip extends to the pelvic region and is seamed by a pair of downwardly and inwardly converging seams to the legs of the girdle. The strip is connected by downwardly and inwardly converging seams to a pair of single-fabric panels which follow the contours of the buttocks but terminate short of the longitudinal seam. Between these panels and following the buttock contour are a pair of fine fabric panels elastic only in the transverse direction which are joined together in a continuation of the rear longitudinal seam. Overlying these latter panels and extending over the entire crotch furrow is a soft elastic, porous and absorbent fabric insert secured to the legs and reaching from the region of the pubic bone in front of the girdle up to the sacrolumbar region.

United States Patent Sacristan July 15, 1975 PANTY GIRDLE PrimaryExaminer-Cleo. V. Larkin I Attorney, Agent, or Fifth-Ernest G. Montague;Karl [75] Inventor. ISXISISliII-Ies Sarda SacrIstan, Barcelona, F. ROSS;Herbert Dubflo [73] Assrgnee: Eurocorset, S.A., Barcelona, Spam ABSTRACT[22] Filed: Feb. 4, 1974 Appl. No.: 439,630

Panty girdle having a Waistband attached to a doublefabric strip ofreinforced-elastic cloth over the sacrolumbar portion of a female figureand provided with vertical seams at the front and back in thelongitudinal plane of symmetry. 1n the front the strip extends to thepelvic region and is seamed by a pair of downwardly and inwardlyconverging seams to the legs of the girdle. The strip is connected bydownwardly and inwardly converging seams to a pair of single-fabricpanels which follow the contours of the buttocks but terminate short ofthe longitudinal seam. Between these panels and following the buttockcontour are a pair of fine fabric panels elastic only in the transversedirection which are joined together in a continuation of the rearlongitudinal seam. Overlying these latter panels and extending over theentire crotch furrow is a soft elastic, porous and absorbent fabricinsert secured to the legs and reaching from the region of the pubicbone in front of the girdle up to the sacrolumbar region.

1 Claim, 3" Drawing Figures PANTY GIRDLE The present invention relatesto a panty girdle and has. as its object. the provision of an improvedpanty girdle for control of the figure of the wearer.

The invention is described in the accompanying drawing in which FIG. Iis a rear elevational view of a panty girdle embodying the invention:

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof with the crotch piece shownout of place for convenience of illustration; and

FIG. 3 is a rear perspective view of the panty girdle in use.

In the drawing. I show a panty girdle which comprises a waist bandextending along the upper edge of a double-fabric strip 9 ofreinforced-elastic cloth covering the sacrolumbar area and having a pairof downwardly converging rear seams l2 and a pair of downwardlyconverging scams (see FIG. 2) whereby the regions of this strip coveringthe pubic region 4 are stretched to the legs of the girdle. Longitudinalseams ll join the two panels ofthe strip 9 along the longitudinal planeof symmetry of the girdle.

The scams [2 secure the strip 9 to a pair of rear transverse panelts 7which are of single cloth (single layer) and of LYCRA or similar typeand hence of reduced restricting force to avoid flattening of thebuttocks. The strips 7 are shaped to assume the curvature of theunderside of the buttocks as can be seen from FIG. 3. These panels are,moreover. more readily stretchable than the strip 9. The more closelyspaced lines of the hatching in FIG. 1, of course. represent greaterstretch resistance.

The panels 7 terminate short of the buttock curves and are connected bya pair of buttock panels 6 which are seamed together along thelongitudinal seam 11. The panels 6 are composed of fine fabric of theLENO or like type and are elastic only in the transverse direction. Thepanels 6 and 7 are seamed at 8 to the legs along the rear of thegarment.

Spanning the entire crotch region from the sacrolumbar zone 5 above thejunction of strip 9 with panels 6 and reaching up to the pelvic area 6to join the strip 9 in the front of the garment is an inner part 1 ofsoft. elastic, porous and absorbent fabric of the HELANCA type which isseamed to the legs in the crotch region and may be provided with alongitudinal seam extending the rear seam 11 over the region of panel 6(see FIG. 2 The crotch strip 1 may be removable from the garment inwhich case it is secured by fastening means not evident from theoutside.

The foundation garment thus allows the contours of the body to befollowed without distortion of the buttock regions and without thecontours of the garment showing through.

I claim:

I. A panty girdle comprising:

at waist band; I

a double layer cloth strip of limited stretchability extending aroundand secured to said waist band and reeircling the waist and hip regionsof a wearer. said strip having front and rear longitudinal seams along avertical longitudinal plane of symmetry of the panty girdle andrespective front and rear downwardly and inwardly converging seams:

a pair of single cloth fabric buttock panels extending over and belowthe buttock region and secured to said strip by said rear downwardly andinwardly converging seams, said buttock panels terminating short of saidrear longitudinal seam and being of greater stretchability than saidstrip.

a pair of furrow panels adapted to lie'in the buttock v crevice andconforming to the shape while being secured to them over an extension ofsaid rear longitudinal seam while being connected to said strip and tothe ends of said buttock panels along respective seams. said furrowpanels being composed of a fabric elastic only in a transversedirection:

a pair of legs connected to said strip in the front of the panty girdlealong said front seams and to said buttock panels along respective seamsat the rear of the girdle; and

a crotch strip formed with a longitudinal seam along said rearlongitudinal seam and lying in the crotch of the girdle while extendingfrom a sacrolumbar region at which it overlies said double-layer striparound the entire crotch of the panty girdle to overlie the pelvicregion of the front thereof. said crotch strip being composed ofelastic. porous and absorbent fabrics.

1. A panty girdle comprising: a waist band; a double-layer cloth stripof limited stretchability extending around and secured to said waistband and recircling the waist and hip regions of a wearer, said striphaving front and rear longitudinal seams along a vertical longitudinalplane of symmetry of the panty girdle and respective front and reardownwardly and inwardly converging seams; a pair of single cloth fabricbuttock panels extending over and below the buttock region and securedto said strip by said rear downwardly and inwardly converging seams,said buttock panels terminating short of said rear longitudinal seam andbeing of greater stretchability than said strip; a pair of furrow panelsadapted to lie in the buttock crevice and conforming to the shape whilebeing secured to them over an extension of said rear longitudinal seamwhile being connected to said strip and to the ends of said buttockpanels along respective seams, siad furrow panels being composed of afabric elastic only in a transverse direction; a pair of legs connectedto said strip in the front of the panty girdle along said front seamsand to said buttock panels along respective seams at the rear of thegirdle; and a crotch strip formed with a longitudinal seam along saidrear longitudinal seam and lying in the crotch of the girdle whileextending from a sacrolumbar region at which it overlies saiddouble-layer strip around the entire crotch of the panty girdle tooverlie the pelvic region of the front thereof, said crotch strip beingcomposed of elastic, porous and absorbent fabrics.